Brother Michael Augustine O'Riordan

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The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Pienza (1458-1462) by Rossillino/ Leon Battista Alberti

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The Tempio della Madonna di San Biagio, Montepulciano by Sangallo 1518-1545.

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The Tempietto del Bramante

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Tempio di Santa Maria della Consolazione in Todi.

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[quote="Praxiteles"]Unless confronted with hard facts, it is practically impossible to believe that stupidity such as Mr Hedderman's exists that could produce the kind of proposals for the gutting of this fine church. Note the introduction of the silly things at the west end: gathering area, etc (all copied without the slightest hint of imagination from the American Bishop' Conference equivalent to The Place of WOrship)]


Does anyone know whther this destruction went ahead or not? No planning application appears to have been submitted to Cork County Council.

I am referring to St. Patrick's Church, Millstreet, Co. Cork. see postings no. 15 and 16.

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some one has asked why the sanctuaries in Br O'Riordan's churches tend to have two doors leading to the sacristy located behind the east wall of the church. The two doors are explained by a requirement of the Roman Ritual which prescribed that for the celebration of High Mass he celebrant arrive at the altar on the gospel side (North Side) and keave the sancturay from the epistle or South side. This resilted in two doors being provided for access to the sacristy.

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some one has asked why the sanctuaries in Br O'Riordan's churches tend to have two doors leading to the sacristy located behind the east wall of the church. The two doors are explained by a requirement of the Roman Ritual which prescribed that for the celebration of High Mass he celebrant arrive at the altar on the gospel side (North Side) and keave the sancturay from the epistle or South side. This resilted in two doors being provided for access to the sacristy.

The source for this information is Michaelis Bauldry, Manuale Sacrarum Ceraemoniarum , (fourth edition), Venice, 1717, p. 162.
http://www.loquo.com/ps/compra-venta/libros-revistas/manuale-sacrarum-ano-1778/3749094

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The Cork Exchange Building built c. 1711 in the Italian (Palladian) Style

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Ballintotis Church, Midleton, Co. Cork

Here we have a shot of Ballintotis church. Reports have been confirmed that the sacristy of this church was demolished about two weeks ago. Although this is a protected structure, no planning application was made to Cork County Council for works to be carried out to the church. The County Council has no record of any declaration having been made for works to be carried out at Ballintotis. It looks as though we are dealing with a case of the cowboys in the night - and the only way to stop that is to prosecute and seek exemplary sentencing.

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Ballintotis Church, Midleton, Co. Cork

Here we have a shot of Ballintotis church. Reports have been confirmed that the sacristy of this church was demolished about two weeks ago. Although this is a protected structure, no planning application was made to Cork County Council for works to be carried out to the church. The County Council has no record of any declaration having been made for works to be carried out at Ballintotis. It looks as though we are dealing with a case of the cowboys in the night - and the only way to stop that is to prosecute and seek exemplary sentencing.

ABSOLUTELY! Laws were put in place to prevent what happened in this case.

What has become of the rule of law??

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St. Mary's Church, Pope's Quay, Cork, as it appeared in June 1852 without its portico.

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The Queen's Chapel at St. James Palace.

Built 1623/1625 by Inigo Jones in the Palladian manner as a Catholic Chapel for the consort of King Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria.

The interior, as fashioned by Jones, contained what was probably the first application of a Serliana altarpiece in the British Isles and was clearly based on the Ospedaletto in Venice. Unfortunately, the original interior is no longer extant.

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Would anyone be able to locate Johannes Kip's view of the interior of the Queen's Chapel as it existed in 1688 following the restorations of 1662 and those of Sir Christopher Wren carried out in 1682-1684.

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The Queen's Chapel by Inigo Jones built 1623-1625 as engraved by Johannes Nap in 1688 when it still functioned as a Catholic chapel for Catherine of Braganza, the Queen Consort of Charles II. It shows the altar piece erected 1682-1684 by Sir Christopher Wren.

The ceiling is by Inigo Jones and is one of hte few decorative elements foreseen by Jones.

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Here we have a portrait of Charles I with his consort henrietta Maria and their eldest children, Charles (II) and Princess Mary. It was painted by Antonie van Dyck c. 1632/33.

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It appears that three pictures in the altar piece of the Queen's Chapel are by Caracci.

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It appears that the Queen's Chapel was the first chapel built in ENgland in the Palladian style.

Something of the functioning of the Queen's Chapel under Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort of Charles II:

http://books.google.com/books?id=Z92wf0IMv6EC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=%22the+queen's+chapel%22&source=web&ots=N7hwQm4nTn&sig=i7h2nkvUIfQpv2yRMkUZSzV7zrE#PPA59,M1

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In Sir Christopher Wren's serliana of 1682/1684 the pictures by Annibale Caracci depict Our Lady and the Child Jesus with Saints Joseph, John the Baptist and Catherine -the last referring to Catherine of Braganza.

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Here we have an engraving of Fermoy bridge printed in Anne Plumbtre's (1760-1818) A Narrative of a Residence in Ireland in 1814 and in 1815 published in London in 1817 showing the recently built classical church in Fermoy (top left).

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The Tomb of Francis I and Claude de France at teh Royla Abbey of St. Denis, Paris.

It was executed by Philibert de L'Orme and Pierre Bontemps between 1548 and 1559.

Philibet de L'Orme succeeded Sebastiano Serlio as architect to the King of France. The monumental frame for the tomb was modelled on the Arch of Septimus Severus -ehich featured inSebastiano Serlio's Quattro Libri.

The order used here, however, is ionic rather than Corinthian.

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St. Lacteen's Church, Grenagh, Co. Cork

Built c. 1831 in the classical idiom and subsequently gothicised.

It has a Serialna altar piece and a retro-sacristy

Here are some views of the Altar Piece. It retains its reredos but has lost its pictures, the two votice ante-standing side altars, the original High Altar appears to have been relpaced in a marble replica (as in Dunmanway).

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St. Lacteen's Church, Grenagh, Co. Cork (c.1831)

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Another view of the church from the transept.

St. Lacteen's Church, Grenagh, Co. Cork (C.1831)

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The phenomenon of an architect/religious was not uncommon in Counter Reformation Europe. Br. O'Riordan's career as builder of churches and schools can quite easily be compared with those of early members of the Company of Jesus especially in Italy and in the German Provinces.

As examples, we can cite:

Andrea del Pozzo

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Pozzo

Guiseppe Valeriano

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Valeriano

Daniel Saghers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Seghers


Reinhard Ziegler SJ

The Jesuit church at Aschaffenburg
The Jesuit College in Mainz
A design for the Maria-Himmelfahrt Church in Cologne


Brother Stephan Huber born in Ingolstadt, he joined the Comnapy of Jesus at Landsberg in 1587 and died at Constance in 1616.

- Built St. Konrad's church in Constance
The Allerheiligenkirche in Hall-im-Tirol
The Novitiate house in Landsberg
The Jesuit house in Ochsenhausen

Brother Johann Holl, a trained joiner frpm Bonn, joined the Jejsuits after his conversion in 1619.

He was responsible for:

The rebuilding of the choir of the and nave of the Heiligekreuzkirche in Ingolstadt
The renovation of the Liebrauenkirchen in Mindelheim
The Jesuit College in Landshut
The Ignatiuskirche in Landshut

Jakob Kurrer (1585-1647), born in Ingolstadt he entered the Company of Jesus in 1611 as a trained mason.

He was responsible for:

The Jesuit College in Pruntrut
The Jesuit house in Ensisheim
The Jesuit College in Eichstaett
The Jesuit College in Innsbruck
The Jesuit houe in Regensburg
Works on the Jesuit college in Ingolstadt
The Collegiate Hofkirche in Lucerne
The Jesuit College in Burghausen
A building for the Augustinian monastery at Herrenchiesee


Fr. Christoph Scheiner (1575-1650)

The Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Innsbruck

Fr. Karl Fontaner

The Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Innsbruck

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The following Jesuits are other examples of the architect/religious:

- Gian Maria BERNARDONI, SJ (1541-1605)

Gian Maria Bernardoni did extensive work for the Radziwilli family in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

One of his greatest achievements was the Corpus Christi church in Nesvizh (currently in White Russia) which is the first domed baroque church in Eastern Europe.

- The Blessed Carlo SPINOLA, SJ (1564-1622), martyred in Japan, http://www.sjweb.info/jesuits/saintShow.cfm?SaintID=25

Architect of the famous facade of the church of St. Paul in Macao http://www.macauheritage.net/Info/HistMonuE.asp?id=49

- Francois d'AGUILLON, SJ, (1567-1617)

Architect for the church of San Carlo Borromeo in Antwerp http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_d%27Aguilon

- Luca BIENNI, SJ (1572-1613)

Architect in Northern Italy and responsible for the Sanctuary and Basilica of San Luigi Gonzaga at Castiglione delle Stiviere on Lake Garda.

- Brother Pieter HUYSSENS SJ (1577-1637)

Architect for:

St. Loup in Namour (1621-1645)
San Carlo Borromeo in Antwerp (1615-1623) http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/borromeo_ant.html
St. Walburga's in Bruges (1619-1642) http://www.belgiumview.com/belgiumview/tl1/view0001207.php4
St. Peter's, Ghent begun in 1629 http://www.belgiumview.com/belgiumview/tl1/view0001385.php4
http://www.all-art.org/history252-15b.html


- Brother Jean de BLOCQ SJ (1538-1656)

Cathedral of Luxembourg (1613) http://www.gouvernement.lu/dossiers/viepol/grande_duchesse_josephine_charlotte/dossier_de_presse/Cathedral_DE.doc
St. Martin's in Chateau Cambrésis (1634)
Jesuit College Chapel in St. Omar (1615-1640)

- Brother Giacomo BRIANO SJ (1589-1649) born in Modena

Brother Giacomo was architect for the Company of Jesus in Northern Italy and in Poland. He is responsible for:

The Cathedral of Vitus in Rijeka, Croatia (1638)
The Jesuit Church in Lviv
The Jesuit church in Przemysl in the Ukraine. http://www.kki.pl/pioinf/przemysl/zabytki/koscioly/jezuit/jezuit.html

-Brother Willem HESIUS SJ (1601-1690) entered the Society of Jesus in Antwerp in 1617.

Architect to the Company of Jesu in the Lower German Province he was responsible for:

St. Michael's in Louvain begun in 1650 and completed in 1670.

- Brother Anton LOSSON SJ

Architect to the Company of Jesus in the Lower German Provinces, he was responsible for:

St. Peter and Paul's in Mechlin


- Brother Giovanni PRIMOLI SJ (1673-1755 [born in Milan] and Brother Andrés BIANCHI SJ (1677-1740)

http://www.companysj.com/v174/missionart.htm

Both did extensive work in Argentina and Uruguay. Their work included:

The Cathedral of Buenos Aires
The Cathedral of Cordoba

- Brother Tomas ZEBRAUSKAS, SJ (1714-1758)

Brother Tomas was architect for the Cmpany of Jesus in Lithuania and was responsible for:

The Jesuit chuch of St. Casimir in Vilnius

-Fr. Ignatius SCOLES SJ (1834-1896)

Fr. Scoles was architect for the Company of Jesus in Guyana.

-Fr. Alphonsus TAIX, SJ was architect for the Company in Madagascar.

- Brother Polydor Verbrugge, SJ (1870-1949)

Brother Polydor was architect for the Company of Jesus in Ceylon.